Seirei Gensouki ~Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni~ Chapter 191 Discussion

So, I have read every chapter that has been translated and released, as well as finished the raw web novel chapters (the author hasn't updated in over a year). From my understanding, the light novel version is substantially different from the web novel version, so maybe some of my gripes have been fixed... but I doubt it.

I am giving this 3 stars because it's not perfect, and despite my rant which is soon to follow, it's not terrible. So, let's start with some pros first.

1. The world is consistent. This is big to me since I am also an author and love world-building... the world and laws need to be consistent. Distance travel, laws, magic systems... they seem to be consistent in this work which is a plus.
2. Characters stay how they are. While it is true that characters can and should grow, if they differ too greatly they don't feel real and whole. The author makes sure that while some characters can seem similar, they are consistent with who they are.

Alright, that's enough for pros.... time for cons, and I have 2 major gripes.... the main character, and the plot.

1. Lets start with the plot. During the first couple of chapters, this seems like a darker fantasy novel with depth and grit. A teen, suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (aka, Split Personalities), who is an orphan, lost his young and his mother to r*pe/mu*der, and beaten by royalty and nobility. It has a grab... and yet it entirely seems to no longer matter come 20 chapters in! Revenge takes a back seat, the story of his parents is solved pretty damn quickly, and everything in this book happens so painfully slow!
2. Now, the MC.... as many have said before me... this character isn't actually real. He's too perfect. No professional combat training in either life, no magic training, no education or formal training... and yet the guy might as well be Einstein. Super OP without even trying. In fact, this character is almost FLAWLESS! I say almost because he has 2 flaws; 1 real and 1 perceived. The perceived flaw is that.... the guy wants revenge. Yup, the MC views him wanting revenge as a flaw. Seriously lady (author) ? His only actual flaw is that the dude never gets mad, never asks for what is owed to him, and is seriously way to humble. I get that Japanese culture is different from here in the west, but I've never seen anybody THIS freaking humble! Spoiler

   Save a freaking princess... not once but twice! And just "I don't deserve this much" when given a reward!

   [collapse] The character has only ever gotten mad TWICE in the entire work, and is always apologizing or lowering his head or... kill me if I read this one more time.... awkwardly scratching his cheek. He is the most passive OP beta-male character I have ever read. No backbone, no desire, just 100% humility with some genius sprinkled on for good measure.

I'm not going to get into the mess that is romance in this. It is clearly a harem manga, with the author seemingly moving towards a large happy ending, but it's getting nowhere. Like I stated, maybe the light novel (which the author clearly prefers since there is about 16[?] novels released for that while the webnovel hasn't seen an update since April last year) fixes these issues, but since 1 is how the MC is...I don't have high hopes.